14Power to require a person to answer questions and produce documents

14 Power to require a person to answer questions and produce documents

(1)  An authorized officer may, by notice signed by him, require a person whom he believes to be capable of giving information relevant to a claim for a payment under this Act or an Act of another State relating to subsidy in respect of the sale of liquefied petroleum gas or the purchase of liquefied petroleum gas or naphtha to –

(a) appear before him at the time and place specified in the notice; and

(b) answer questions and produce to him such records in relation to the claim as are referred to in the notice.

(2)  The authorized officer may make and retain copies of, or take extracts from, any records produced pursuant to this section.

(3)  A person is not excused from answering a question or producing any records when required so to do under this section on the ground that the answer to the question, or the production of the records, might tend to incriminate him or make him liable to a penalty, but his answer to any such question is not admissible in evidence against him in proceedings other than proceedings for an offence against section 16 (1) (c) or section 16 (3) .